[GTALUG] of routers and access points

James Knott james.knott at jknott.net
Wed Apr 24 17:33:26 EDT 2019


On 04/24/2019 03:10 PM, Don Tai via talk wrote:
> Why don't you let the router do all the router work, such as
> Wifi, routing, DHCP, DNS, etc? I have my router RJ45'd to my Bell
> router, and let it do all that. The Bell router's wifi is rarely used,
> but is a backup. Connect all your boxes RJ45 to your router if you
> wish, then they can all play well together, no? Is this too simple a
> setup?

It might be that the router doesn't do all that's needed and so a Linux
box or other might be needed.  I run pfSense on a refurb computer. 
Also, if he's on Rogers, he'll want one that supports IPv6.



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